Two military training planes collide mid-air in Qatar, pilots eject safely

Published 2019-07-10 12:02:39

Updated 2026-08-24 20:37:13

Two Qatari military training planes collided in mid-air, but the pilots managed to eject safely, the defense ministry said Wednesday.

The incident was announced on the ministry's Twitter account on Wednesday without mention of the date or time of the incident.

"During a training flight a collision occurred between two training planes and the pilots were able to safely get out by using the ejection seat," a statement on the ministry's Twitter account said. It did not say when the collision happened.

The ministry did not identify the types of aircraft involved in the collision.

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